Adjustable combined seat and covering for beds.



N. D. BISHOP.

ADJUSTABLE COMBINED SEAT AND DDVERING EOE BEDS.

APPLIOATIGN FILED JULY 22, 1912.

1,063,908. Patented Jun@ 3, 1913.

3 SHEETS--SHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPII C0..wAsmNu'rnN. u. c.

N. D. BlsHoP. ADJUSTABLE COMBINED SEAT AND COVERING FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1912.

1063908 Patented June 3, 1913 3 s SHEETS-SHEET z.

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N. D. BISHOP.

ADJUSTABLE COMBINED SEAT AND COVBRING FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

COLUMBIA PLANounAIH co., WASIUNGTUN. u. c.

NORMAN D. BISHOP, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE COMBINED SEAT AND COVERING FOR BEDS.

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Re it known that I. Nonnen Al). li'snor7 a eiti'/;en oft the 'United States ot' Ameriea. residing at Los ngeles, in the (,founty ot Los Angeles, State ot California, hare invented a certain new and uset'ul Adjustable (loinbined Seat and Covering iter ,liedsg and I do hereby declare the lo'llowing to be a 'tulh elear, and eXaet desrription ot the invention, sueh as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

lhis .invention relates to an adjustable eonibined seat and Covering for bed, and it may be said to eonsist in the provision ot' the novel :teatures and in the novel and iinprored eonstruetion, arrangement and eom bination oit partsl and deriees as will be, ap parent Ytrom the deseriptfion and elaiins whieh tollow hereinafter.

Objects ot the invention are to provide an improved eoinbined seat and eovering tor a bed, which is simple in eonstruetion, strong and durable, neat and attraetire in appmn'anee, easy to assemble or demount readily and quickly :nliusted7 convenient and eiiii'eetive in use, and well designed to protect it'roni harniitul eti'eets oit elianges ot ten1 perature, wind and inoistine.

A turther objeet ot the invention is to provide novel and improved eennterbalane- .ing devices Connected 'with the hinged seat sections whieh render easy the raising' and lowering ot the sections and are adapted to hold them in adjusted position.

Other objects and the advantages et' the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art troni a Consideration ot the :tollowing description ot the prefer-rial :torins ot construction embodying the invention7 taken in eenneetion with the accompanying drawings in which" Figure l is a trent elevation oit the bed and covering shown arranged on a floor and adjacent to a part oit a wall` the upper seetiens of the seat being :folded together in raised position and the lower sections oit the seat being folded together in lowered position; Fig. Q a partly broken and seetional plan View taken on the line 2--2 o't Fig. It; Fig. 3 is a View oit a bed arranged on a tioor and adjacent to a part oit a wall, the Combined seat and covering tor the bed being shown in cross-section; Fig. t is a perspeetire View ot' the pin and socket holding parts; Fig. 5 is a partly broken and sec- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application tiled July 22. 1912.

YPatented J'nne, 11913.

Serial No` 710,982.

tional View taken on the line oi Fig. Fig. (i is a partly broken and seetional View ot' the lower portion ol the seat with the eounterbalaneing devire tor 'Facilitating the raising and lo\\fering ot the hinged sere tions: Fig. i' is another View ot the same; Fig. 8 is a broken perspective detail ot' the, (fasting provided with bearings and adapted 'for eonneeting the trames o't' the double end walls ot the eorering; .I `ig. t) is a perspee (1re View ot the loiuelde plate and conneeted parts, and Iiig. l() is an enlarged broken perspeeti've View ot links pirotally eonueeted together.

'the hed t1, shown arranged on a platlorin or loor l5. may be mounted on suitable rollers 't2 and it may have thereon suit able springs l tor a mattress .1f/t. At eaeh side oit the bed lll are arranged suitable sills lt having suitably seeured thereto a substantially U-shaped easting 17 :termed with hearings '1S at the upper end thereof and with parts '12) on the sides thereo't which are adapted to extend beyond the sides of the sills lt. i t)n eaeh side otI the sills C16 are arranged suitable 'trames lor the double end walls ot the eorering for the bed and these :trames may consistot uprights Q0 disposed ou the inner and outer sides ot' the sills 'It and suitably seeured to the sills and [itted against the extensions 1) on the eas-ting t7, uprights 2lA suitably seeured to the sills lti to the rear ot the uprights 20, eross-pieoes 2Q between the uprights Q0 and 2l, and eross-pieees Q?) between the sills and the erosspieees 2Q. ',lhe trames :l'or the seat may consist, ot uprights Qt fitted against the extensions '19 and arranged on eaeh side ot' and suitably seeured to the sills 1G, and shorter nprights Q5 suitably secured to the sills lo in t'ront ot the uprights 20 ttorwardly ot the uprights Qt and connected with the uprights llt by means ot erosspieees QG.

The front edge et the uprights 2li is pre'terably inelined rearwardly upwardly 'troni the erosspieees Q0, and a erosspieee 28 arranged between the upper end portion ot the outer oit the uprights 24; and it may be :termed to provide a reeess 20 on its rear, a molding 2i() on its itront having its lower portion 3l projeeting beyond the edge et the uprghts Qi. and a eurved part 39 on its uudersii'le ha ring the 'trent edge thereotf flush with the vtront edge ot the uprights 2li to provide an abutment tor the seat back 33 the upper end of which is adapted to fit against the underside of and is hingedly connected with the portion 31 of the molding 30.

At the top of those of the uprights 2l which are secured to the inner sides of the sills 16 and which are preferably shorter than the uprights 21 which are disposed on the outer sides of the sills, is arranged a crosspiece 34 which may extend between the outer of the uprights 2l and project beyond the top edge of the panel 35 suitably affixed to the rear of the uprights 2l.

The inner of the frames for the double end walls of the covering and seat may have comparatively thin veneer paneling 36 suitably aflixed thereon and provided with arcshaped slots` 37 extending from the crosspiece 34 to the front edge of the uprights 24, and the outer of the frames may have thereon comparatively thick paneling 33 and also end pieces 39 for the seat which preferably extend beyond the frame of the seat. rlhe front lower portion 40 of the seat end pieces 39 preferably extends forwardly of and at right angles to the rear portion 4l of said end pieces.

Curved strips 42, preferably of galvanized sheet iron, may be fitted over the top ends of the paneling 33 and 36 and extend between and be suitably affixed to the crosspieces 34 and 23. A strip 43, preferably of galvanized sheet iron, may be arranged intermediate of the strips 42 and formed with a groove 44 in the top thereof and with channels 45 in the plane of channels 46 on the strips 42, and suitable wire screens 47 may be arranged with the end portions thereof disposed in the channels 45 and 46.4 In the recess 29 may be mounted a suitable roll curtain 48 adapted to be drawn over the screens 47 by a cord 49 attached to the curtain and arranged in the groove 44 and extending over the pulley 50 and through the openings 51 in the panels 35 and having its end secured to a ring 52 for, pulling the cord.

Shafts 53 may be mounted in t-he bearings 13 and have pivotally mounted thereon vthe sectoral frames 54 preferably of T-iron having suitably affixed thereon the arcshaped plate 55, preferably of galvanized met-al, which extends movably through the arc-shaped slots in the paneling 36 of the inner of the double end walls and it may have affixed on the underside thereof paneling 55 by means of curved strips or molding 56 adjacent to the inner surface of the paneling 36, and strips or molding 57 and 53 extending` between thc strips or molding 56 on the front and rear ends of the plate, When the plate 55 is moved to have the strip 58 on its rear end in Contact with the crosspiece 34, the front end of the plate 55 is disposed under the crosspiece 28 in such manner that rainwater runs off of the crosspiece 23, the plate 55 and the crosspiece 34 and cannot reach the space within the covering` for the bed. Panels 59 may be suitably fitted in the frames 54, which panels are adapted to overlap the front and rear portions 40 and 41 of the end pieces 39 of the seat when the plate 55 is moved forwardly to the position shown in Fig. 5 and th-ereby is avoided any opening for drafts of air between the end pieces 39 and the plate To the frames 54 may be connected the arms 60 having adjustably mounted thereon suitable counterweights 61 to facilitate moving` the panels 59 and plate 55. Facing strips 62 may be suitably aii'ixed on the front edge of the uprights 24, on the top edge of the Crosspieces 26, and on the front edge of the uprights 25, which give a neat appearance and serve as abutments for the sections of the foldable seat.

rlhe seat back 33 consists of sections 63 and 65 which may have suitable panels 64 therein and may be connected together by hinges 66 on the rea'v thereof to permit folding them together. The section 63 may be connected with the portion 31 of the crosspiece 28 by means of suitable concealed hinges 67.

ln ord-er to facilitate raising and lowering the sections 63 and 65 and to hold them in adjusted position, the section 65 may have suitably affixed on the rear thereof the grooved knuckle plates 63 to which are connected by means of pivots 69 one end of the links 70, the other end of the links 70 being pivotally connected with ll-shaped links 71 having the crossportions 72 thereof provided with inclined faces 72 with which the links 70 are adapted to engage. Ars seen more clearly in F ig. 5 the links 71 are angularly connected with the arms 73 which latter are mounted on sleeves 74 on the shafts 53 and have thereon count-erweights 75.

ln order to prevent increase of the angle between the links 70 and the section 65 and thereby restrict the forward swing of the section as it is moved, links 76 may have one end thereof pivotally connected with the knuckle plates 63 and have the other end thereof 'movably connected with the links 70; stops 77 on the links 70 being` adapted to limit upward movement of the links 76 on the links 70. 1t will be seen that the counterweights are operatively connected with the folding sections 63 and 65 in such manner that they and the sections are substantially in equipoise while raising or lowering` of the sections is being eected, and they also are adapted to act to hold the sections when the latter are folded or adjusted in raised or lowered position.

The forward portion of the seat may have thereon the Sections 60 and 3l connected together by concealed hinges 84 and adapted to rest on lthe horizimtal portion of the seat, and also the sections S2 and 83 adapted to rest against the front vertical portion oi the seat. rThe lower section S3 may be suitably secured to the bed 11 and is connected with the section S2 by suitable concealed hinges Slt. The section Sl may project ttorwardly beyond the top edge ol' the section S2 and these sections may be connected by suitable hinges S5 on their inner faces.

.ln the space between the end frames at each side oit the seat may be arranged devices 8G adapted to 'facilitate raising and lowering oit the folding sections S0, 81 and S2 and to sustain them in lowered position lwhere they are folded togetherl on the section S3. As seen in Figs. 3 and 5, bracket arms S7 may be suitably secured to the section S3 and have thereon pivots S8 on which are mounted arms S9 having one end thereof mounted on pivots 90 suitably arranged on the inner t'ace oit the section Si., and having on the outer end thereoit' suitable counterweights 91.

ln the construction shown in Figs. G and 7 the devices 8G consist ot bracket arms 99 suitably secured to the section 83 and having thereon pivots 93 on which are mounted the end portions of; links 911 having thereon shoulders 95, the other end ot the links 911 being mounted on pivots 9G suitably altixcd on the inner tace of section 81. Arms 97 may have one end thereof mounted on the pivots 93 and have adjustably mounted on the other end thereo'l the counter-weights 98. Springs 0S) connected between the links 91.1; and the arms 97 are adapted to prevent the shoulders making sudden engagement with or disengagement trom the arms 97, whereby any disagreeable jar is avoided while the Sections 80, 81 and SQ are being raised or lowered. The sections SO and G5 may be, tied together by means ot parts 10() which are adapted to be a'ttixed on the lower end o1' the section G5 in an obvious manner and have thereon pins 101 adapted to lit through rings 102 altixed in sockets 103 in the section 80, and the section 8O may also be tied to the inner :faces of the forward end portion ot the seat by means of pins 104e suitably atiixed on the :faces and adapted to tit in sockets 105 in the section 80.

lit will be understood that the combined seat and covering for the bed 11 may be easily arranged to extend through a suitable opening in the wall 10G oit a building to have the rear portion of the combined seat and covering disposed on the exterior ot the building and to have the t'orward portion disposed on the interior of the building; also it will be noted that the frames ot' the end walls ot' the covering are separated by the projections A10 oit casting 17 from the tranles ot.' the end pieces ot the seat, whereby the latter trames are not affected by expansion or contraction occurring in the former frames when these are subject to temperature di'i 4tei-ent 'lron'i that to which the latter :frames may be subject.

lVhile 'forms oit construction embodying the invention have been particularly illustrated and described, there are many changes and modifications thcreoit that will readily occur to those skilled in the art, \\\'herc'tore, the right is reserved to all such changes and n'ioditicatons as do not depart :trom the spirit and scope oit the invention as defined in the appended claims.

l claim:

1. ln a combined seat and covering for a ber, the (am'lbination oi sills, castings on the sills, said castings 'iormcd to provide bearings and projections adapted to extend beyond the sides ot the sills, double end walls including uprights secl'lred to the sills and abirtting against said projections, a cross piece between thc upper part o'tE the end walls, a It'oldable seat comprising a back portion hingedly connected with the crosspiece and a 'iront portion detachable trom the back portion and hingedly connected with the bed, sha'lts mounted on said bearings, an arc-shaped plate extending through the inner ot' the end walls and inovably mounted on the sha'lts, devices mounted on the sha't'ts and rmeratively connected with the loldable back portion ot the seat and adapted to countcrlmilance the same when it is raised or lowered and to hold it in adjusted position, and devices adapted to counterbalance and therelfiy ilacilitate raising and lowering the toldable t`orwa rd portion ot' the seat.

2. l'n a combined seat and covering for a bed, the combination oil.l double end walls, a crosspiece between the upper part ot the end walls, a seat with a :t'oldablc back por tion having the upper end thereo't' hingedly connected with the crosspicce, and willi a toldable -forward portion havingI the lower end thereof connected with the bed, pivotally mounted devices arranged in the space between the double, end walls and oper;- tively connected with the :t'oldablc back portion oit the seat and adapted to 'facilitate raising and lo\\'ering the same and holding Ait in adjusted position, and devices arranged between the double end walls and adapted to facilitate raising and lowering the fold able :forward portion ot the seat.

Si. In a combined seat and covering tor a bed. the combination ot sills, castings on the sills said castings formed to provide bearings and projections adapted to extend beyond the sides o'lI the sills, double end walls including uprights secured to the sills and abutting against said projections, a crosspiece between the upper part ot the end walls` a foldable seat hingcdly connected with the crosspiece and with the bed,

shafts mounted in said bearings, an arcshaped plate extending through the inner of the end walls and movably mounted on the shafts, counterbalancing devices mounted on the shafts and operatively connected with the foldable back portion of the seat to facilitate raising and lowering the same and holding it in adjusted position, counterbalancing devices adapted to facilitate raising` and lowering` the foldable forward portion of the seat, and means adapted to tie the forward portion of the seat to the back portion of the seat.

a. 1n a combined seat and covering for a bed, the combination of sills, castings on the sills, said castings formed to provide bearings and projections adapted to extend beyond the sides of the sills, double end walls including uprights secured to the sills and abutting against said projections, a crosspiece between the upper part of the end walls, a foldable seat hingedly connected with the crosspiece and with the bed, shafts mounted in said bearings, an arcshaped plate extending through the inner of the end walls and movably mounted on the shafts, counterbalancing devices mounted on the shafts and operatively connected with the foldable back portion of the seat to facilitate raising and lowering the saine and holding it in adjusted position, counterbalancing devices adapted to facilitate raising and lowering the foldable forward portion of the seat, means adapted to tie the forward portion of the seat to the back portion of the seat, and means adapted to tie the forward portion of the seat to the end walls of said seat.

5. 1n a combined seat and covering` for a bed, the combination of double end walls, a crosspiece arranged-between the upper part of the end walls, a second crosspiece arranged between the end walls below and to the rear of the first crosspiece, curved strips of sheet metal fitted on the top end of the double end walls between the first and second crosspiece, said strips provided with channels therein, a curved metallic strip arranged intermediate of said strips and provided with channels in the plane of the channels of said strips, and screens having one end portion thereof disposed inthe channels of the strips on the double endv walls and the other end portion thereof dis-- posed in the channels of the curved metallic strip.

(3. 1n a combined seat and covering for a bed, the combination of a crosspiece, seat sections hingedly connected with each other and with the crosspiece, a grooved knuckleplate affixed on one of said sections, a shaft, an arm pivotally mounted on the shaft, a counterweight on the arm, a U-shapcd link connected to the arm and provided with an inclined face on t-he crossportion thereof, and a link pivotally connected with the knuckleplate and with the U-shaped link and adapted to engage with said inclined face as set forth.

7. 1n a combined seat and covering for a bed, the combination of a crosspiece, seat sections hingedlv connected with each other and with the crosspiece, a grooved knuckle plate affixed on one of the sections, a shaft,

an arm pivotally mounted on the shaft, a counterweight on the arm, a link pivotally connected with the knuckle plate and angularly connected with the arm, a link pivotally connected with the knuckle plate and movably connected with the first link, and a stop on the first link to limit upward movement of the second link on the first link, substantially' as described.

1n testimony whereof, 1 have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles,State of California, this 15th day of July A. l). 191:2.

NORMAN D. BISHOP. Witnesses ANNA B. DiassAU, ALEX. H. LiDDnns.

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